With the market launch of 'Optime' in 2020, automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler presented an innovative condition monitoring system for machines and systems. The system is easy to put into operation, can be used without specialist knowledge and is so economical that its use pays off in large quantities. With the latest update, 'Optime' now also integrates the condition monitoring systems (CMS) 'SmartCheck' and 'ProLink' from Schaeffler and thus covers the condition monitoring of a very wide range of machines and often entire plants.

For companies in the plant-intensive process industries in particular, avoiding unplanned downtimes means greater cost-effectiveness. With 'Optime', customers can use a smartphone or desktop app to keep an eye on the condition of their plant at all times, even with hundreds of machines, as the messages are prepared in a user-friendly way and prioritized according to criticality. This enables in-house maintenance staff or service companies to plan maintenance measures, personnel deployment and spare parts procurement in a timely and cost-efficient manner. They can decide flexibly whether and which other services they would like to make use of. The modular service concept offers online, remote or on-site services.

Even in an industrial environment, users of digital services expect easy-to-understand preparation of information and uncomplicated handling of hardware and software. Condition monitoring systems from Schaeffler can be used without additional qualifications, as the system configuration and data analyses are largely automated with the help of Schaeffler expertise. Both the highly scalable 'Optime' solution with wireless single-channel sensors and the two systems for machines with dynamic speed and load conditions as well as environments with temperatures above 85°C - the single-channel CMS 'SmartCheck' and the multi-channel CMS 'ProLink' - have this integrated knowledge.